[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Erotics and the Art of Love](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama) › [Kamasutra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana) › 5.5.37 # Kamasutra 5.5.37 Kāmasūtra 5.5.37 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.5.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.5.37) na tv evaitān prayuñjīta rājā lokahite rataḥ/ nigṛhītāriṣaḍ vargas tathā vijayate mahīm// > "A King, who has conquered the six enemies of mankind, becomes the master of the whole earth." > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana > "The above and other ways are the means employed in different countries by Kings with regards to the wives of other persons. But a King, who has the welfare of his people at heart, should not on any account put them into practice." > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 5.5.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.5.36) - [Next: 5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.6) - [Up: 5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.5) ## Translations (1) - [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana~en-burton.5.5.p17) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.33.38) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.5.5.37) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.5.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.5.37) · Pramāṇa